EAST RUTHERFORD --Giants training camp practice Thursday had a very familiar feel. Just about everything we've seen most of the summer happened again in the final workout before the team's second preseason game of the year on Saturday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Take this as an example. This was the headline to Conor's training camp report from Tuesday:

"Giants training camp report: Defense racks up three more pick-sixes in strong outing"

Well, for a while it appeared the Giants might have actually solved that problem. You know, the one where their quarterbacks throw the ball unintentionally to the other team. Then, late in practice, the endless string of sloppy interceptions ensued.

Curtis Painter was first. Cornerback Zack Bowman jumped an out route to the right side and intercepted the Painter pass. He returned it for a touchdown.

Eli Manning was second. Cornerback Charles James undercut a route to the left side and intercepted the Manning pass. He returned it for a touchdown.

Not to be left out, Ryan Nassib followed suit several minutes later. He threw the ball into Bowman's chest for an interception late in practice. Only this time, Bowman didn't return it for a touchdown. He kneeled in the end zone for a touchback. Nassib was tagged with a red-zone turnover. Almost as bad as a pick six.

Even in a practice with no pads and shoulder pads, the Giants quarterbacks need to do better. They can't throw multiple interceptions each day, which has been the norm at training camp this year. There might have even been a fourth or fifth on Thursday if safety Stevie Brown hadn't dropped one of Manning's early throws, and wide receiver Corey Washington didn't knock the ball out of cornerback Chandler Fenner's hands on a Painter pass.

Three weeks into training camp, the excuses that the Giants are learning a new offense and that defenses are always ahead of the offenses at this time of year are losing potency -- especially after a season in which Manning threw 27 interceptions.

Bottom line: The quarterbacks, beginning with Manning, need to be more careful with the football.

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• Ho-hum, another Giants practice with interceptions. Well, the same can be said of the sub-par tight end play. There were some major errors Thursday from a variety of offenders, although Larry Donnell didn't appear part of the follies.

On one play, Kellen Davis completely whiffed on a block of slot cornerback Walter Thurmond on a running play. It resulted in a significant loss on a sweep right. Davis received an earful when he came to the sideline a few plays later.

Tight end Adrien Robinson was also lined up on the wrong side of the formation on a goal-line play and had a dropped pass, although he later made a leaping catch in the corner of the end zone. He taunted the defense with what appeared to be an impersonation of wrestler Ric Flair. Most seemed to get a kick out of it. "Show some maturity," joked one of the veteran defensive linemen on the sideline.

• Another strong day for wide receiver and camp phenom Marcus Harris, who started with the first team even though Jerrel Jernigan (sore knee) returned. Harris made several nice snags, including a fingertip catch on a deep post and a sideline catch on a 20-yard out. He continues to flash and improve his chances of making the roster.

• Wide receiver Corey Washington's stock also continues to rise. He hauled in his obligatory deep pass for a touchdown when he beat Fenner down the left sideline. That play ended practice. "Again, No. 6 going deep," one of the offensive linemen said. Clearly, Washington is opening eyes. Washington and Harris are making this tough for the Giants' decision-makers at wide receiver.

• While watching carefully as the Giants running backs worked on catching the football, rookie Andre Williams looks to be showing slight improvement. Even though he still looks far from natural, he's starting to catch the ball with his hands. That's a positive. He also looks better than Michael Cox, who struggles as a receiver. At one point, Cox had a ball slam into his facemask (somehow he still caught it). It knocked his helmet up and would've taken it off his head, if not for the chinstrap.

As a whole, Rashad Jennings and Henry Hynoski look like the two most natural pass-catchers of the group. Yes, Hynoski, the Giants fullback, catches it better than most of the running backs. Kendall Gaskins also looks above average.

• Screen passes were a concentration of the early part of practice. On the first 11-on-11 play of the day, the Giants called one for Williams. The play wasn't an overwhelming success because right guard Brandon Mosley was late getting out there. "Beat 'em [out there]," coach Tom Coughlin yelled. The Giants offensive line (quite large in size) just doesn't look well suited for the screen game.

• When in the red-zone it was once again apparent that wide receiver Rueben Randle will be the first option for Manning. Randle had three passes in his direction during red-zone drills on Thursday. On this day, two went for incompletions as Randle didn't create enough separation and the other he was pushed out at the 2-yard line.

• It didn't look like rookie Weston Richburg played a single snap at center during the final practice of the week. He spent most of his time at left guard (just like he has most of the week) and even subbed in with the first team as Geoff Schwartz (knee) shuffled in and out. Dallas Reynolds was the second-team center and Eric Herman the third team.

• A lot of players stayed on the field for extra work on Thursday. Among them were wide receiver Preston Parker, James, Harris and cornerback Jayron Hosley catching punts. All the centers and\ quarterbacks worked on exchanges as well. The extra work ended when Manning dumped a bucket of water on center J.D. Walton's head. Walton, by the way, did all the snaps with Manning. There doesn't appear to be much of a center competition.